diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index ffac4a1..1c232c8 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ authors:
     given-names: Mahnaz
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-1553
 title: "pylinkam"
-version: 1.2.5
+version: 1.2.6
 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.6758012
 date-released: 2022-06-27
diff --git a/pylinkam/__init__.py b/pylinkam/__init__.py
index 06d424e..0d983c7 100644
--- a/pylinkam/__init__.py
+++ b/pylinkam/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 __app_name__ = 'pylinkam'
-__version__ = '1.2.5'
+__version__ = '1.2.6'
 
 __author__ = 'Chris Harrison'
 __credits__ = [__author__]
diff --git a/pylinkam/sdk.py b/pylinkam/sdk.py
index 73cd940..34b0162 100644
--- a/pylinkam/sdk.py
+++ b/pylinkam/sdk.py
@@ -550,13 +550,12 @@ def _connect_common(self, comm_info: interface.CommsInfo) -> Connection:
         # Apparently this is ignored internally...
         comm_handle = interface.CommsHandle(0)
 
-        with util.supress_stdout():
-            # Capture SDK output on stdout
-            connection_result = self.process_message(
-                interface.Message.OPEN_COMMS,
-                ('vPtr', comm_info),
-                ('vPtr', comm_handle)
-            )
+        # Capture SDK output on stdout
+        connection_result = self.process_message(
+            interface.Message.OPEN_COMMS,
+            ('vPtr', comm_info),
+            ('vPtr', comm_handle)
+        )
 
         if not connection_result.flags.connected:
             if connection_result.flags.errorNoDeviceFound:
diff --git a/pylinkam/util.py b/pylinkam/util.py
index ae8addc..856e7fa 100644
--- a/pylinkam/util.py
+++ b/pylinkam/util.py
@@ -11,27 +11,3 @@ def add_path(path: str) -> None:
     :param path: path to add to PATH
     """
     os.environ['PATH'] = path + os.pathsep + os.environ['PATH']
-
-
-@contextmanager
-def supress_stdout(dest_path: str = os.devnull) -> typing.Generator[None, None, None]:
-    stdout_fileno = sys.stdout.fileno()
-
-    def _redirect_stdout(dest: typing.TextIO) -> None:
-        # Close original handle
-        sys.stdout.close()
-
-        # Duplicate handle
-        os.dup2(dest.fileno(), stdout_fileno)
-
-        sys.stdout = os.fdopen(stdout_fileno, 'w')
-
-    with os.fdopen(os.dup(stdout_fileno), 'w') as stdout_file:
-        try:
-            with open(dest_path, 'w') as dest_file:
-                _redirect_stdout(dest_file)
-
-            yield
-        finally:
-            # Restore original stdout
-            _redirect_stdout(stdout_file)